Ontario 2017 Report

Sharon Chadwick & Victoria Fenninger, 05/02/2017: The Ontario Masters’ Championships were held at The Georgian Peaks Club over the weekend of 11/12 March 2017. The Peaks hosted an excellent event albeit Mother Nature was not good to us with brutal winds and frigid temperatures! A big THANK YOU goes out to the RoC, crew and volunteers for a great weekend of racing. There were 64 racers on the start list for the SL race, on the Saturday, and 76 on the start list for the GS race, on the Sunday; across 5 age categories for women and 11 age categories for men. The oldest age group was 70 – 74 for women and 80 – 84 for men, and the youngest was 40 – 44 for women and 18 – 29 for men; including 7 racers from QC and 2 from USA. The Masters continue to be very competitive, at all age levels, with Melanie Smith (Horseshoe) and Dillon Sheppard (Peaks) having the fastest times for Overall Combined SL and GS, with times of 228.66 and 175.96, respectively. Sir Sam’s was also added as a new Masters’ race venue this season. There were 24 racers competing in single day event with a 2 run GS in the morning and a 2 run SL in the afternoon. The weather was beautiful and sunny and the snow conditions were perfect. The turnout was on the low side, but a number of racers said they would recommend it to friends in
future years and were already asking about returning next year. After receiving positive feedback, Sir Sam’s is eager to host again and working toward making this set of races a regular calendar event for the coming years. Every racer left with a bib draw prize and medals were awarded to the top three finishers in each race; it was a great day of racing!